Paul Abrams

Paul AbramsAdjunctProfessor - Jazz Guitar, class guitar

Paul Abrams started his career in New York performing in Greenwich Village clubs and
recording at major labels (Columbia,Mercury,Epic,Vanguard). He arrived in Nashville
playing with Dave and Sugar on the Kenny Rogers show followed by 3 years at the Opryland
Hotel with jazz/classical harpist Lloyd Lindroth. Abrams toured extensively for 30
years with the Bo Thorpe Big Band (Waldorf Astoria, Inaugural Balls in Washington
DC, etc.). He taught jazz guitar for 9 years at UT Knoxville with such notables as
Jerry Coker and 25 years at Belmont University. He is currently on the jazz faculty
of MTSU.